Canon EOS-1V: overview

The
new professional reflex Canon EOS-1V was planned for
an extended use under hostile conditions.

Body.
The EOS-1V body is made of aluminum and reinforced resin,
while the caps - upper, bottom and dorsal - are in magnesium
alloy. It turns out a light body, rigid, long-lasting,
highly accurate and much technological. The 72 main
joints and parts are sealed with silicone membranes,
allowing the use of the camera also under rain, saltiness,
sandy winds and high humidity.

Shutter.
The magnetic shutter is under an electronic control
and is projected in order to eliminate the operation
problems and to assure an operativity and a precision
constant in time. The system is constituted by a double
curtain series made of super-duraluminium carbon fiber
and governed by a magnet with no contacts, in order
to delete the frictions caused from the powder. The
energetic absorption is minimal and the optimal operating
cycle of the shutter is of 150,000 releases.

Autofocus
and exposure. The AF area contains 45 autofocus
points, thickened in an area of 8 x 15 millimeters,
and you can manually or automatically activate them
regarding to the shooting situation. Each of the 45
AF points is constituted by a detector of horizontal
lines, while 7 central points incorporate also a detector
of vertical lines, rendering the firing extremely effective.
The AIM system integrates the AF system with 6 exposure
measurement modes, by measuring the exposure regarding
to the position of the subject.

Functions.
In order to personalize and to extend the functions
of the EOS-1V, Canon released a software under Win98
and a connection between the camera and a modern computer
through the USB door. Moreover, the EOS-1V feature an
internal memory that stores the data belonging to 25
types of various information, among which the shutter
speed, the diaphragm, the operating modes, on the base
of a numerical index that the camera prints on the tail
of each exposed film.

Flash.
The autoflash E-TTL (Evaluative Through-The-Lens) system
of the EOS-1V integrates itself with the environmental
light, in order to gain optimal results, through a pre-flash
shot which calculates the environmental light and corrects
the flash emission for just each situation. With the
dedicated Speedlite 550EX (guide number 55 /
100 ISO) the EOS-1V acquires an E-TTL control without
cables even using many flash units, the modeling flash,
the automatic zoom of the head from 17mm to 105mm, the
manual flash, the flash exposure lock for decentralized
subjects, etc. The new Macro
Ring Lite MR-14EX (guide number 14 / 100 ISO)
and the Macro Twin
Lite MT-24EX (guide number 24 / 100 ISO) are
planned for a radio control without cables, expose in
E-TTL (control of the ambient light), feature Manual
flash, High-Speed sync (FP flash), FEB and Modeling
flash.

The
EOS-1V equipped with the Power Drive Booster PB-E2 (with the Ni-MH Pack NP-E2) shots at the high speed
of 10 photograms per second in AF One-Shot mode and
of 9 fps in AF AI Servo mode. The booster offers a secondary
button for vertical exposures, another for AE exposure
lock, a focusing command and a lock button for FE/multi-spot
exposure.